"Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which Nature herself is animated."

"To the Nahuas, words were flowers, metaphors that gave birth to thoughts and actions."

"The key to gainful employment is creating a work environment and filing system too complex to train a new person on. Competency gets you work. Confusion keeps you employed."

"Much misconstruction and bitterness are spared to him who thinks naturally upon what he owes to others rather than what he ought to expect from them."

"Don't reinvent the wheel, just realign it."

"Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equpped with 18,000 vaccuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1 12 tons."

"Learning is finding out what you already know"

"If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions."

"The covetous man is ever in want."

"One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and watch yourself softly becoming the author of something beautiful, even if it is only falling ash."

"If a person is determined to fight to the death, then they may very well have that opportunity."

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."